Boot-cleaner.



, A. M. FAIRFIELD.

' BOOT CLEANER. A.PPLIOATION FILED APB.. 17, 1912.

1,047,624..l y Patented De0.`17,.1912.

y A AFT/wr MfarFie/d ATTORNEYS UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFIcE. i

ARTHUR M. FAIRFIELD, oF sT. MARYs, KANSAS.

Boor-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

piplication'led April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,3'2'9.`

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. FAIRFIELD, a citizen of the United States, and a residenty of St. Marys, in the co-unty of Pottawatomie and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Boot-Cleaner, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- n act description.

The invention relates to devices torbe placed on the ioor, and conveniently supported toV permit the user to place his foot against the scraper and bushing members. p

The object of my invention is toprovide an improved boot and shoe cleaner of the general character indicated, to the end that the shoe mayy be quickly` and etiiciently cleaned by the brushing elements of the cleaner.

The invention will be more particularly explained in the description hereinafter to be given.

In constructing a boot and shoe brushing device in accordance with my invention, a U-shaped frame 10 is provided, having the ends of its legs pivoted as at 11 to the ends 12 of straps 13. The straps are bent on themselves and formed into an eye at the bend, for receiving securing screws 14 or the like, whereby the straps are held to the stituting a base for the wiping device.

floor 15, or any other suitable support conp Adjacent to the U-bend of the frame 10, Iprovide additional screws 16, or other members formed with heads or shoulders beneath which the sides of the frame 10 may be sprung, as shown in Fig. 3. The sides of the frame 10 are unitedy by transverse bolts 17, and on said bolts also, at a point labout equidistant between the sides of the frame 10, a vertical plate or strap 18 is secured,

each end of which is formed into an eye 19.

A rod is employed formed in U-shape and consisting of the vertical arms 20 and horizontal base bar 21'. The eyes 19 of thevertical plate r18 receivethe vertical arms 20,

Vand the lhorizont-al bar 21 ranges'longitu-y dinallyofthe framel 10 andpasses beneath the metallic back 22 of a two-part brush, composed of two individual brushes 23, the

backs of which are removably secured, as by screws 24, to the metallic brush back or carrier 22. In securing the described strap 18 on the bolts, the bolts are fitted with sleeves 26 between the sides of the :trame 10 and the strap 18, so that when the bolts 17 are tightened up, the strap is firmly held inplace and constitutes a member of the frame. The brushes 23 are disposed horizontally, with the bristles upward to brush the sole of the shoe and the lower portions of the upper.

Co-acting with the described brushes, ad-

ditionalbrushes 30 are provided, the backs of which are disposed vertically, the brushes being spaced apart so that the user can place his foot between said brushes and onto the brushes 23. Each brush 30 is provided on its back with pairs of eyes 31, which may be ordinary screw-eyes, and these slip over the vertical arms 2O so that the said rod holds all of the brushes of the device on the swinging frame 10. The brushes 30 are free to move independently, swinging in an arc around the arms 20 and by a proper movement of the foot the user can cause the n device to etlectively wipe the shoe.

When the frame kis swung upwardly into f the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, lthe arms 20 may` be moved to rrelease the brush back 22 and kbrushes 23 so as to renew the brushes 23 when necessary. The bodily swinging of the framer with all the members, also permitsl 'the Hoor or base to be swept and the cleaning device to be conveniently and thoroughly cleaned. f

The strap 18 'and the sides yofthe frame f i 10 constitute Scrapers, being disposed vertically, and the bristles in the bottom brushes 23 yield sufficiently to enable the user to` scrape the sole and heel of the yshoe yover the sides of the frame 10 and the strap 18, while the bristles of the brushes remove such dirt` as is not taken ott by the scraper.

Havingthus described my invention, 1I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 1 ters Patent,-

1. A shoefcleaningdevice,comprisingan approximately horizontal rod having up wardly projecting arms, an' upwardly facingV brush supported on said rods, and a clamp-y f ing member above said brush and c'o-acting with the rod to clamp the brush, the said clamping member having its ends slidably fitting the arms of the said rod. l

2. A shoe-cleaning device, comprising side members presenting scraping edges, a horizontal rod having upwardly projecting arms at the ends, said rod being disposed between the mentioned side members, a brush resting on said rod, a scraper member having eyes at its ends slidably fitting the arms of the rods, said scraper member ranging between said arms above the brush and coacting with the rod to clamp the brush in place, and additional brushes mounted on the said arms to swing thereon.

3. The combination with a frame having yielding sides and carrying shoe-wiping devices, and means for hinging said frame near one end, of means for engaging the opposite end of the frame, at the sides and into engagement with which last-mentioned means the sides of the frame may be sprung.

4. A boot cleaner comprising a frame having side members constituting scrapers, and a third vertical member between said side scrapers forming a third scraper, brushes between the said scrapers, means for detachably supporting said brushes, and oppositely disposed brushes detachably supported above the mentioned scrapers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR M.'FAIRFIELD.

Vitnesses:

WM. H. GILL, LUoELIA N. GILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

